Roanoke Social Media

In the City of Roanoke, social media is an important tool for both informing and engaging citizens. Since launching its first social media page in 2008, the city's total digital community size has grown to 190,000 followers.

Department Social Media Pages

Main City Accounts

Parks and Recreation

Clean and Green

Police

Art in Roanoke

Planning

Sheriff

Human Resources

Purchasing

Fire-EMS

Human/Social Services

Lead Safe

Emergency Management

Economic Development

Youth Services

E-911

Stormwater

Star City Reads

Libraries

Transportation

Treasurer

Neighborhood Services

Solid Waste

City Manager

Roanoke Star on Facebook

The city's most famous landmark also has a Facebook page. "Like" the page for Star news, trivia, photos, and more.

Submit Service Requests on Twitter

Reporting potholes, downed trees, and other issues to the city is now just a tweet away. Using the city’s new iROANOKE Twitter account, residents can tweet issues to @iROANOKE for response by city crews. The iROANOKE Twitter account integrates directly with the city’s Citizen Request Management System. The system allows staff to log, route, and manage all tweets to the iROANOKE account. Residents who send tweets will receive notifications on Twitter regarding the status of the issue. When sending a tweet, residents should include the exact location of the problem and a photo if possible.

The iROANOKE Twitter account will be monitored Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Social Media CenterWith so many social media pages, the city uses an application called Uberflip, to pull together posts. By visiting Roanoke's Social Media Center, users can see feeds from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc., in one central location without having to log into an account. The center updates automatically whenever a department posts to one of their social media accounts. Users also have the option to select different department streams by using the drop-down menu at the top. Click here to visit Roanoke's Social Media Center.